by Burt Folsom on December 28, 2011 What has been the political issue of 2011? Class Warfare. The idea that politicians can tax the rich and then give that confiscated wealth to the middle class and poor, in order to win elections with the votes of those receiving the federal funds. Certainly that idea is [...]
Tag Archives: President Obama
The Political Issue of the Year
Posted in Class Warfare Also tagged Burt Folsom, FDR, Great Depression, Redistribution of Wealth Leave a comment
It’s the Investment, Stupid
Steven Horwitz: Posted at The Coordination Problem Here is the most important blog post you will read all week, and it comes from the indispensible Bob Higgs. Bob points out that all the talk about “stimulating consumption” is beside the point because consumption spending is not the problem! Real personal consumption spending is now above [...]
Obama Blocked Clean Up of BP Oil Spill By Friendly Countries
For Freedom’s Sake is not in the business of pointing fingers at political parties or particular president’s but this tragedy cannot be overlooked by anyone who is shocked by the political decisions being made at this time by this president regarding the BP oil spill. Please read the following article and pass it along. by [...]
Posted in Enviro Politics Also tagged BP Oil Spill, The Jones Act, US Coast Guard, Voice of America Leave a comment
I Am Finally Scared of a White House Administration
by Nat Hentoff Added to cato.org on August 20, 2009 This article appeared in RealClearPolitics.com on August 20, 2009. I was not intimidated during J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI hunt for reporters like me who criticized him. I railed against the Bush-Cheney war on the Bill of Rights without blinking. But now I am finally scared [...]
Posted in Socialized Medicine Also tagged Cato Institute, Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, Nat Hentoff, National Health Care, Obamacare, Rahm Emanuel, Socialized Medicine 1 Comment
It Wasn’t A ‘Coup’
It is important to understand the constitutionality of what happened in Honduras with the removal of President Manuel Zelaya, their Constitutional process, how the law was upheld, and how the Obama administration is advocating a policy in direct conflict with the ‘rule-of-law.’ Juan Carlos Hidalgo, the project coordinator for Latin American, at the Cato Institute, [...]
Posted in Constitutional Government Also tagged Cato Institute, Forbes, Hondraus, Juan Carlos Hidalgo, Latin America, President Manuel Zelaya Leave a comment
Setting the Record Straight on Health Care Reform
The Cato Institute and it’s scholars, Michael D. Tanner and Michael F. Cannon dissect the president’s health care plan point by point in the following video. Please take the time to watch this short video which moves back and fourth between what President Obama said in the ABC New special on health care reform called [...]
Posted in Socialized Medicine Also tagged Cato Institute, Health Care Reform, Michael D. Tanner, Michael F. Cannon Leave a comment
Health Care Action Needed – A Letter From Rick Scott
Tonight, ABC will be turning its airwaves over to the White House as it promotes the President’s health care reform agenda. We have tried repeatedly to convince ABC to allow us to at least run an ad prior to the broadcast to provide just a few seconds of balance, but we have been rebuffed. We [...]
“The VAT Is A Rare And Heinous Type Of Government Policy…”
The Folly of the National Sales Tax Mises Daily by Eric M. Staib | Posted on 6/17/2009 12:00:00 AM Facing a historic national debt that President Obama correctly characterized as “unsustainable,” yet still desiring to implement some sort of national health-care package, US policymakers, notably Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad and former Federal Reserve Chairman [...]
Posted in Taxes Also tagged Bernanke, Bloomberg.com, Eric Staib, Ludwig Von Mesis, National Sales Tax, Neo-Keynesians, Paul Volcker, Univeristy of Oklahoma, VAT Leave a comment
Rhetoric and Reality and President Obama
Just a quick introductory note to the piece by Peter Boettke, you must keep reading, past the first two points, to get the the meat of Boettke’s brilliant insights to Obama’s rhetoric and reality. If you stop before then you might think Boettke is making an apologetic for Presient Obama. He is not. Posted by [...]
Posted in President Obama Also tagged Mr. Gorbachev, Peter Boettke, President Ronald Reagan, Reality, Rhetoric, The Austrian Economists, University of Chicago 2 Comments
Moving Beyond the Fake Stimulus: Reviewing Policies that Produce Real Growth
Once again Dan Mitchell of the Cato Institute has produced an excellent video which describes the factors that lead to economic growth. This is an easy to understand, “Economics 101,” video which will equip you with some of the fundamental principles on how the economy works. And it will show you why bigger government is [...]
